New Delhi, June 19 -- The Delhi Police has arrested 13 members of a suspected interstate child trafficking syndicate, including an owner of a Delhi-based hospital, and rescued five infants from families that allegedly purchased them over the past fortnight, officers said on Thursday. Police said that questioning of those arrested, which includes traffickers, agents, suppliers, mediators, transporters and buyers, among others, revealed that the syndicate mostly targeted tribal families living in remote areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and sold the babies to childless couples in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. They said that four of the five babies were rescued from three childless couples in Haryana's Panipat and Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior. Special commissioner of police (law and order) Devesh Chandra Srivastava said they will investigate the chain further. "This was a prolonged painstakingly done operation by police teams across several states and it yielded results." Deputy commissioner of police (central) Rohit Rajbir Singh said 47-year-old Dr Viveki, the owner of a multispeciality hospital at Begampur near Rohini in northwest Delhi, allegedly played a crucial role by temporarily housing trafficked infants at her hospital. "Our investigation revealed that fabricated medical documents, including hospital records, delivery-related documents, birth-related records, were arranged to falsely establish parentage and facilitate the illegal transfer of infants," said Singh. Senior police officers said the syndicate had been active for the past two to three years and trafficked around 30 children. They reportedly paid economically backward families Rs.1.5-2 lakh per child and sold each for Rs.6-9 lakh. Police said they will also initiate action against parents who sold and bought...